103 – Picking stars from the sky (3)
A body that had lost the meaning of existence while searching for the answer to life was scattered with starlight. The life of a monster exists only to achieve a purpose.
The moment they found the answer was their ending.
“Kill me.”
Han Jaejoong watched her quietly. Her wounded but well-formed body was gradually fading away. The brilliant colors became lighter, like ink mixed with water.
“You are selfish to the end.”
Han Jaejoong shook her head with a deep sigh and glared at Virgo through red lenses.
“Are you asking me to put the last stab in a dying body? Is that punishment? “He’s an euthanasia assistant.”
It wasn’t a particularly shocked voice. As he was looking into the future, even if only for a moment, he heard Virgo’s words even before he spoke them.
Afterwards, he sighed again and continued.
“I will not kill you. But.”
Virgo couldn’t read the future, but somehow he knew the story behind it.
“I will be with you until the end.”
Virgo smiled and nodded her head.
“…Yeah, that’s enough.”
After hearing the answer, Jaejoong Han passed behind Virgo and picked up the two fallen magical girls. Two people who can be said to be complete victims of this incident. It was a day for Yun Seol-hwa and Otonashi.
“Before that, let’s take these two people first.”
As Han Jae-joong was unconscious from the explosion until he woke up, the exact reason why they were here was unknown.
However, speculation was possible.
According to Jo Ayun, it is certain that they too were brought to Dark Matter by Jason. If you were here, there’s no way you wouldn’t have noticed the commotion the lion created.
Any sane person would have walked away, but a sudden sense of justice might have kicked in and he went looking for it. Otherwise, he may have been caught up in unavoidable circumstances. Or maybe he moved his feet thinking that if he went to the center of the commotion, he would be able to find his comrades. Or maybe he happened to be there before the commotion happened.
I could make countless guesses that made sense, but I didn’t know the exact facts. Han Jae-joong wanted accurate facts, as he had experienced the disappointment of guessing because of the person in front of him.
“Now that I think about it, what were these two doing that got caught up in the lion?”
“Hey….”
Virgo frowned and grunted as if she was dumbfounded.
“I’m going to die soon?! In the midst of all this, is it even possible to give a damn to another woman?! Isn’t that ridiculous?! Oh~!! “It’s annoying, it’s annoying, it’s annoying!!!”
“Don’t scream. “My ears hurt.”
Virgo was truly annoyed. Han Jaejoong couldn’t understand.
“The lion’s original target was those two?! But somehow I got caught up… Oh really. Let the steam leak.”
The question has been resolved.
“I see. Thanks.”
“What?”
“You must have protected me with these two while I was sleeping.”
“…What do you say? “It’s just for my survival.”
Virgo was shy, but soon agreed.
“That’s right. I protected you. “I wanted to protect you.”
Virgo laughed.
“I didn’t feel any reward at all… But now I finally feel it. Should I say that I feel like a mother seeing her son return home?”
“You’re closer to an older sister than a mother. “She is neither a good nor a good girl, but she is stubborn.”
“What are you saying?”
Han Jaejoong turned around and knelt down in front of her.
“What are you doing?”
“My arms are already full. “Pick me up.”
“He’s the kind of guy who can’t tolerate the slightest hint of a breakup.”
Virgo snorted happily, wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in.
“Just now, you were talking as if you would do anything for me. “Is it so hard to see only me at the end?”
“Don’t worry too much. “It will be done in no time.”
“If this continues, I could disappear?”
“I guess I’m doing this because I know it won’t happen.”
From the moment his body came into contact with him, Virgo’s disappearance speed was greatly reduced. As the starlight flowed from his body and disappeared, it was filled with new starlight.
The white lightning did not stop even though it could have stopped. It bloomed like a branch and reached Virgo, extending the time she would remain as her flower just a little.
The cold lightning now felt warm.
“I picked a star from the sky, so why is it so difficult to save a dying person?”
“Tsk, the talk just increased.”
“That’s too much. Even though it looks like this, he is quite embarrassed. “You’re not the only one who feels vain…”
Han Jaejoong, laughing heartily, jumped high into the sky.
“I guess I don’t feel it. “You and me.”
No matter how romantic it may be to pick a star from the sky, the moment when a star that seemed like it would shine for a thousand years and ten thousand years loses its light is lonely.
Survive. That quest was the only thing that lingered in the back of my head.
**
“…Oppa. Are you sure you’ll be okay?”
After handing over Yun Seol-hwa and Haru to Jo Ayun, who had contacted them in advance and came to meet them, Han Jae-joong lifted Virgo, who was holding her back, and told her not to worry.
“Don’t worry too much. “As it stands right now, he’s not even worth a punch.”
“Puhahahaha! “It is true.”
“I’m going to spin, really f*cking….”
As if his head was hurting, Jo Yoon smoothed his temples over his helmet.
“It makes my head hurt so much that I wonder why that b*tch is going after her and why my brother is taking care of her, but… Well, are you the kind of person who listens when I tell you not to do it?”
Joa Yoon grinned and raised his middle finger.
“If you find it, throw it away like a maggot in a dark place. “When I saw your face at the end, I felt like sh*t. Let’s not see each other again, you mosquito-like b*tch in late autumn.”
Poof. With those words, butterflies flew, and Jo Ayun disappeared.
“Ugh~ My younger brother has a bad personality. “Is it because I look like my brother?”
“He has such a habit of speaking, but he’s not that bad of a character. “It is your behavior that is bad, not our personality.”
“Is that so? Is that why I am being punished like this? Dying?”
“Compared to what you have done, you are a noble person.”
The two walked down the street laughing. The street where the lion visited and caused a commotion was quiet, desolate, and gloomy.
The wind carried the ashes and tickled his feet. He seemed to be walking on sand at the beach. The only fire was the dying sun and the white lightning that flowed through Han Jae-joong’s body.
“Okay. That’s a big deal. But what can I do? “What’s the point of living like this any longer?”
Virgo looked at the scene with frowning eyes. The world where the madness disappeared and became clear was so dazzling that it was unsettling.
“Do you think I look fine right now? No way. How many things have I committed? Humans are ultimately animals of forgetfulness. As time passes, you will forget and go crazy again. “I’ll forget about it, go back to living with face confiscation, and then remember it again and start talking bullsh*t.”
Virgo could not even breathe. She had no beat. All there is is literally a body. However, even this body was falling apart. This is because she had no regrets along with breathing and heartbeat.
“I hate this world. I don’t like people either. I hate people too. Even if it’s not me, someone commits a massacre, and someone pours out resentment. Some people will burn with a sense of inferiority, and others will slowly go crazy with that inferiority feeling. “It’s a world where everyone has no choice but to go crazy, so what’s the point?”
Virgo laughed and whispered playfully.
“But it was there.”
The evening sun gradually began to set on the streets. The color of the sky gradually became red, and the color of the white lightning gradually became stronger, as if different paints had been applied to the sky.
“Even in a world that is not worth protecting, there is something worth protecting.”
Han Jaejoong’s feet stopped for a moment and then he continued walking again.
“…Virgo.”
“Yes, why?”
Han Jae-joong, who had been silently listening to Virgo, opened his mouth.
“Don’t run away.”
“Escape? I? hahahahaha, what do you mean? “Where can I go now?”
“Do not make death your refuge.”
You should not use the ending as an escape. The ending should be a knot. You should never remain as a real person.
“Do not run away from death. Live and suffer. Live in a living hell. You don’t deserve to die. “Live, suffer, and live your whole life with a voice of resentment.”
“That’s too much, really.”
“You’re still cheap.”
Hmm~ Virgo, who paused for a moment, nodded his head.
“That’s right. Run away. Escape. Everyone runs away because it’s difficult. But you know what?”
Virgo continued speaking while stroking Han Jaejoong’s left lens.
“Escape from a predetermined fate is also an escape. Ancient kings or mythological figures who tried to escape the shackles of life and death. It was all a catastrophe, right? “It’s still the same now.”
He didn’t blink even when he moved to cover his eyes.
“No matter where I go, I end up on the run, and the end is disaster. “The two fates I have now will never end no matter where I go.”
“Then what are you trying to do?”
Han Jaejoong’s footsteps slowed down. The strength of his thunderbolts gradually became stronger. Just as a candle burning more intensely just before it was finally extinguished, he showed off his own brilliance.
“Don’t ruin your life with me. “You are the only good thing I have left.”
Virgo scratched the thunderbolts and collected them in his fingers. The starlight was as red as the sunset.
“In fact, it is already the limit now, isn’t it?”
Han Jaejoong’s steps stopped. His thunderbolt did not go out. He burned foolishly.
“That can’t be possible.”
“Bluff.”
Just like that, the lightning that burned to the end penetrated Virgo’s body, and Han Jae-joong’s transformation, which had consumed all his light, was released.
We stretched Virgo’s life to the limit by stretching the starlight, but in the end, there were limits to our temporary solution. Virgo’s body, which had maintained its shape until now, began to rapidly fade.
“It’s foolish.”
Birgo gently hugged Han Jae-joong from behind as he knelt down.
“…There may still be a solution.”
He muttered. It was a hollow voice. Virgo smiled and leaned his weight on Han Jaejoong. It was very light. It is unreasonably light to be called a human body.
“You’re so selfish too.”
Virgo suddenly started giggling in his ear. He waved his hand in front of his eyes. Even when his transformation was revealed to his raw eyes, he showed no particular reaction.
“You wasted starlight without even being able to move your body and lost your left eye, so what more do you have left to give me? Isn’t that too much? How much of a b*tch you’ve made of me. “You don’t give anything and just receive?”
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After laughing mischievously, Virgo went back in front of him and placed a hand on his forehead.
“Now that I think about it, you’ve never seen my magic, right?”
Red starlight erupted from her fingers.
“I guess I should repay you for showing me the stars.”
It was the magic of Red Spica. Her miracle that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in magical girl history. The power of a girl who gains the power of transformation when someone is hurt.
“Jaejoong. I will take on one of my fates. Of course, it’s death. But I will accept your good will and allow you to take charge of one of my fates.”
Miracle of healing.
The warm red light seeped into his skin, gradually clearing his blurry eyes.
“Look at the stars with my eyes.”
And at the same time, Virgo’s body gradually became lighter. Like blending in with the sunset.
It shone red and was torn red.
“Don’t let people like me emerge. “Please share my fate so that you don’t make the same mistake I did.”
Virgo laughed bitterly.
“You can do this, right?”
Han Jaejoong held her hand and nodded her head strongly.
“There have been many mistakes in your life, but I will not make any more mistakes than mine.”
Virgo nodded her head in satisfaction.
“I will remember you with thorough reason, and I will remember you with emotion. I will not pollute you with the madness of forgetfulness. I will remember your magic, I will remember the girl you were, and I will remember your life. “I will remember your sins.”
Virgo’s hand, which he was holding tightly, disappeared into nothingness.
“I will not forget.”
When his hand, which was floating in the air, fell down.
“Ah, I can see it now.”
A sparkle appeared in my left eye again. The first place the eyes that regained their light, filled with the magic of Red Spica, were directed to none other than the same light contained in these eyes.
Ahn Soo-chae made eye contact with his left eye and smiled mischievously.
“Huh? It’s not your first time seeing my face. Why are you so surprised? “Why is it because I’m as pretty as a star?”
With those words, An Su-chae disappeared. Han Jaejoong chuckled.
“Let’s hear the answer and then leave.”
Even though the process was poor, her ending was stellar.
If you do this, it is like picking a star from the sky and giving it to the star.
[Hidden quest, ‘Save Me’ was successful.]
[The quest for ‘Survive’ has been confirmed as unfulfilled. However, there is no penalty for success in the hidden quest.]
The life of a girl who spent her entire life in purple days ended here today. It was a long road.
I looked up at the sky with my left eye filled with stars. A comet disappeared in a flashing orbit.
Suddenly, the sky took on a happy purple color.
[Error. Error.]
[An intruder appears in the system!]
The lenses inside the belt also had a similar purple color.
